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Ultimate Coffee Date: April 2026
Speaking of journals, if you journal, do you keep one or multiple? Growing up, I’ve always been a one-journal kinda person but due to accumulating a whole lotta blank journals lately, I feel like I don’t write enough to be able to get through them all anytime soon, so I’ve been toying with the idea of having several different ones. i technically already have my bullet journal/planner, junk journal, and travel journal, so what’s another few (e.g. gratitude journal, actual-journal for my thoughts, maybe a reading one, and one for writing about horseback riding to document my progress + the stuff I learn)?!
There were stamp stations at lots of the different booths so I filled up a couple pages in my junk journals just with stamps alone! That Godzilla stamp was ginormous!
Seeing how other people decorated/wrote in their journals was really inspiring!
If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d tell you that…I had acquired some scrap waterproof fabric to make zippered-bags with at the craft retreat I went to back in February + finally found some time to badger my mom into teaching me how to use our home sewing machine + we banged these out!
The stitching does look a little janky but the sewing machine has been temperamental, so I think of it as having a whole lotta personality, haha.
If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d ask if you watched the Winter Olympics! I don’t usually, but sometimes will watch ice skating, and I’m so glad I tuned in this year! <3
Was checking out an art supply store in Oakland and came across here! <3
Also stopped by the fire jam earlier last month again — it was cold, so the fire was pretty helpful for keeping nice and toasty!
I fell down half a flight of stairs earlier last month and also have a random mystery ankle sprain (I don’t think it’s related to the fall, but come to think of it, maybe?). :[ That coupled with trying to do more riding + dancing lately has left me pretty sore lately. I definitely need to stretch more!
(Link-up with Coco @ Running with Perseverance & Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner! Also linking up with My First 5K and More, Running With Attitude, Run Laugh Eat Pie, and Runs with Pugs for Fit Five Friday.)
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- Do you know how to sew?
- Do you journal? Are you team 1-journal-only or multiple journals?
- Come back on Monday for the My Month Is Booked linkup!
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Enjoy using your stationary, stickers, etc! It sounds like you had so much fun at the expo.
My mom taught me how to sew when I was a really little girl so I’m a very good seamstress. In fact, I made gorgeous little outfits with smocking insets for my sons when they were little for several Christmas and Easter seasons. I used to make a lot of my own clothes and I’ve also made lots of quilts and window treatments over the years.
That’s terrifying that you fell down half a flight of stairs! I’m glad you weren’t seriously hurt.
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Thank you! It was glorious and now I wanna track down a bunch of other stationery fests (but should probably curb the spending a little, haha).
That’s so cool! I took a sewing class and learned how to make a pair of shorts and a skirt/scrunchie when I was little, but I unfortunately forgot everything. It is rustily coming back to me though!
I’m glad too! It was such a dumb slip. :'(
Oof on falling down the stairs. I hope you are feeling better soon.
I am always collecting notebooks at conferences but never use them! The stationery thing sound cool.
Thank you! It was such a dumb moment. :[
Me too! I feel like if I don’t do anything different, I’ll never get to using em’, haha.
I’ve always aspired to keep a journal but it never really stuck. Looks like you you have to some great supplies to start with!
I used to write in one pretty religiously up until grad school/med school and then everything went out the window (but at least I had this blog! haha). I miss actually-writing though so I’m slowly getting back into that! :]
I think it makes sense to have multiple journals if you want to break things up. My main one is like a mix of scrapbooking/junk journaling, but I do have a lot of journals that I should utilize in different ways.
-Lauren
I was basically using my bullet journal as an everything-journal and although I live in an organized chaos, I feel like it’s a little less organized than I’d like right now, so I think I’m gonna try it out and see what happens! If it doesn’t work out, I can always revert back, hehe.
I do know how to dew and I used to do quite a lot. Even quilt.
Running has taken over. lol.
Nope. No journaling. Just the blog and Fb and Ig.
That’s cool! I never made it that far, but hoping to relearn the basics! :]
I dropped off the face of the planet for a while in journaling because of the blog/FB/IG, but I kinda miss physically writing stuff down, so I’ll see how this goes with getting back into it!
I love all things planning/journaling/stationery/stickers/washi/etc.! I have a YT channel called Amy Rae Plans where I post planner related videos. I don’t journal anymore but I do consider my planners my journals and I use sticker kits and lots of stickers and washi tapes to decorate them. I would love to get into junk journaling some day too. I watched all of the ice skating during the Olympics and some of the other events but I was obsessed with the ice skating.
I do not know how to sew. I learned in 9th grade home economics but never kept doing it after that.
Yay, that’s awesome! I subscribed to your channel! I kinda use my planner as a journal but like the idea of having em’ separate so I have a dedicated space to write more. I love using stickers/washi tape to decorate! :]
I think the closest thing I had to that was our health class in 9th grade but no sewing there. My mom taught me the basics of hand-sewing when I was little though so thankfully I still remember that!
I’ll bet that stationery expo was fun! I have one “calendar” book and then 2 online journals. The paper one is a lot more fun. I really should consolidate all of my travels into one journal. I watched ALL of the Olympic this year as I recovered from hip surgery. Hope your ankle is feeling better!
That’s what I’m planning on doing too! It just feels so daunting to start because I’m so, so behind, haha. :[ Better to start somewhere though than never!
Thank you! I’m still able to do the things I love so I can’t complain — I hope your hip is doing a lot better!
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A stationary fest sounds like fun! I love journals, planners, and all things stationary! I keep multiple planners and usually have a couple of journals going at once for general writing and gratitude, and I have a blank notebook that’s been around for a bit and I’m thinking of giving junk journaling a try just as a creative outlet.
There’s another big stationery fest in Houston at the end of this month that I’m really FOMOing on because it keeps popping up on my feed, haha. I need to cool it for a while so I can use up the stuff I currently have though!
I started my junk journal as a creative outlet too and it’s been really fun! :]
All the stickers sound fun! That’s great you were able to make those cute bags! I used to be an avid journal-writer, but I’ve gotten away from it in recent years.
I used to be so good about it! Soon though! :D..
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Wow, the stationary fest sounds FUN! I have a bunch of notebooks that I write in randomly, but also this year my planner is ginormous with lots of blank pages, so I’ve just been using that a lot (like for book lists and other random things I want to jot down). I haven’t been journaling regularly though, lately.
I’m pretty sure your fall down the stairs and mysterious ankle sprain are related!!! I hope everything is okay.
I use my current planner to put everything in it too! I was going to continue with that but I’ve accumulated so many things that having dedicated ones feels like a good idea right now. We’ll see whether or not I actually stick to it, hehe.
Thank you! I think you’re right — I just can’t see how else it could’ve gotten this swollen without some kind of a real injury, haha. I’ve still been able to ride/dance/do my usual things with minimal pain, so I’ll take it, hehe.
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Your zippered pouches turned out great! The stationary fest sounds like so much fun.
Thank you! :] My mom and I assembly-lined em’ together so I definitely couldn’t have done it without her!
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Your journals are so gorgeous! they remind me of scrapbooking back in the day, which I was verrrry into!
haha, I was super into scrapbooking too! I guess what I’m planning is kinda like a cross between the two!
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Yeah, I don’t think we did a lot of sewing, just one small project or two. Our big project in that class was making a doll house.
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